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HORTICULTURAL. 



SOCIETY. 



"And the Lord God planted a garden; and there he put the man, 
whom he had formed." — oeu. 





BOSTON, 

PRESS OF ISAAC R. BUTTS— WILSON'S LANE. 
MDCCCXXIX. 



55 2./ 



CONTENTS. 



Page 

Proceedings on the Establishment of the Massachusetts 

Horticultural Society, 7 

First Meeting, 7 

Second Meeting, 8 

Officers of the Society, 9 

Standing Committees, 11 

Committee on the Synonymes of Fruits, 13 

Act of Incorporation, 14 



C0]!fSTITUTIO]?f. 

SECTION I. 

The Officers of the Society, 17 

SECTION II. 

The President, 17 

SECTION III. 

The Vice Presidents, ' 18 

SECTION IV. 

The Treasurer, 18 

SECTION V. 

The Corresponding Secretary, 19 

SECTION VI. 

The Recording Secretary, 19 

SECTION VII. 

The Election of Officers and Members, 19 



4 CONTENTS. 

SECTION viri. 

Page 

The Discontinuance of Members, 20 

SECTION IX. 

The Anniversary of the Society, 20 

SECTION X. 

The Meetings of the Society, 20 

SECTION XI. 

Amendments to the Constitution, how made, 21 



BY-IiAWS. 

ARTICLE I. 

The Period of Elections, 22 

ARTICLE II. 

The Notice of Elections, 22 

ARTICLE III. 

The Mode of Balloting, 23 

ARTICLE IV. 

The Method of Filling Vacancies, 24 

ARTICLE V. 

The Duties of the Treasurer, 24 

ARTICLE VI. 

The Duties of Corresponding Secretary, 25 

ARTICLE VII. 

The Council, how Formed, 25 

ARTICLE VIII. 

The Presiding Officer of the Council, 25 



CONTENTS. y 

ARTICLE IX. 

Page 

The Time and Place of Meeting of the Council, 26 

ARTICLE X, 

The Order of Business in the Council, 26 

ARTICLE XI. 

The Council may Establish By-Laws for its Government, ... 26 

ARTICLE XII. 

The Disposition of Papers and Communications, .27 

ARTICLE XIII. 

The Objects and Distribution of Rewards, 27 

ARTICLE XIV. 

The Manner of Presenting Rewards, 28 

ARTICLE XV, 

The Council to Recommend the Persons for Officers, ..... 29 

ARTICLE XVI. 

Each Member Entitled to a Copy of the Charter, Constitution, 

and By-Laws, 29 

ARTICLE XVII. 

The Mode of Admitting Members, 29 

ARTICLE XVIII. 

The Fee of Admission, 30 

ARTICLE XIX. 

The Annual Contribution, 30 

ARTICLE XX. 

The Consequence of not Paying Contributions, 30 

ARTICLE XXI. 

The Admission of Members to be Recorded, 31 

ARTICLE XXII. 

A Quorum for Business, 31 



6 CONTENTS. 

ARTICLE XXIII. 

Paga 

Honorary and Corresponding Members, 31 

ARTICLE XXIV. 

Who may be Honorary Members, 31 

ARTICLE XXV. 

The Rights of Honorary Members, 32 

ARTICLE XXVI. 

Who may be Corresponding Members, 32 

ARTICLE XXVII. 

The Expenses of Corresponding Members to be Paid, 32 

ARTICLE XXVIII. 

The Rights of Corresponding Members, 33 

ARTICLE XXTX. 

Honorary and Corresponding Members to be furnished with 

Diplomas, 33 

ARTICLE XXX. 

Practical Gardeners may be Admitted as Members, 33 

ARTICLE XXXI. 

Lecturers on Botany, Entomology, and Horticultural Chemistry, 34 



Reports of Standing Committees. 

1. On Fruits, 35 

2. On Gardens, 38 

3. On Trees, 40 

Members of the Society, 43 

Honorary Members, 49 

Corresponding Members, 51 



PROCEEDINGS 



ESTABLISHMENT 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAIi SOCIETY. 



PIE- ST MEETING. 

On the 24th of February, 1829, a meeting of 
sixteen gentlemen was convened at the office of 
Zebedee Cook, jr., 7^ Congress street, for the 
purpose of instituting a Horticultural Society, 
when the Hon. John Lowell, of Roxbury, was 
chosen Moderator, and Zebedee Cook, jr. ap- 
pointed Secretary. 

It was then voted that 

Messrs. HENRY A. S. DEARBORN, 
ZEBEDEE COOK, Je., 
SAMUEL DOWNER, 

be a committee to prepare a Constitution and 
By-Laws, for the government of the Society, 
and to report the same at a future meeting, to 
be held at the time and place the committee may 
designate. 



8 



PROCEEDINGS, &c. 



Messrs. JOHN B. RUSSELL, 
ENOCH BARTLETT, 
ZEBEDEE COOK, Jr., 
SAMUEL DOWNER, 
CHEEVER NEWHALL, 

were appointed a committee to obtain sub- 
scribers. 

The meeting was then adjourned. 

ZEBEDEE COOK, Jr., Sec'y. 



SECOIVD MEETING. 

On the 17th of March, 1829, a meeting was 
held at the same place, as was the preceding, for 
the purpose of hearing the report of the commit- 
tee, appointed to prepare a Constitution and By- 
Laws, for the use of the Society. 

The Hon. John Lowell being prevented by 
illness from attending, the meeting was organized 
by the choice of William H. Sumner, Esq. as 
Moderator. 

The draft of the Constitution and By-Laws as 
reported by the committee, having been read, it 
was moved, that the same be adopted, as the 
Constitution and By-Laws of The Massachu- 
setts Horticultural Society, and the same 
were adopted unanimously. 



OFFICERS 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PRESIDENT. 

HENRY A. S. DEARBORN, Roxhury. 

VICE-PRESID-ENTS. 

ZEBEDEE COOK, Jr., Dorchester. 
JOHN C. GRAY, Boston, 
ENOCH BARTLETT, Roxhury. 

TREASURER. 

CHEEVER NEWHALL, Boston. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 

JACOB BIGELOW, M. D., Boston. 

RECORDING SECRETARY. 

ROBERT L. EMMONS, Boston. 

COUNSEIiLORS. 

AUGUSTUS ASPINWALL, Brookline. 
THOMAS BREWER, Roxbunj. 
HENRY A. BREED, Lynn. 



10 OFFICERS. 

BENJ. W. CROWNINSHIELD, Salem. 

J. G. COGSWELL, jYorfhampton. 

NATHANIEL DAVENPORT, Milton. 

E. HERSEY DERBY, Salem. 

SAMUEL DOWNER, Dorchester. 

OLIVER FISKE, Worcester. 

B. V. FRENCH, Bostoyi. 

J. M. GOURGAS, Weston. 

T. W. HARRIS, M. D., Milton. 

WILLIAM JACKSON, Plymouth. 

SAMUEL JAQUES, Jr. Charlcstoion. 

JOS. G. JOY, Boston. 

WILLIAM KENRICK, Mwton. 

WILLIAM LINCOLN, Worcester. 

J. P. LELAND, Sherburne. 

JOHN LEMIST, Roxhury. 

ELIAS PHINNEY, Lexington. 

BENJAMIN RODMAN, JVeiv Bedford. 

JOHN B. RUSSELL, Bosto7i. 

CHARLES SENIOR, Roxbimj. 

WILLIAM H. SUMNER, Dorchester. 

CHARLES TAPPAN, Boston. 

JACOB TIDD, Roxbury. 

M. A. WARD, M. D., Salem. 

JON A. WINSHIP, Brighton. 

WILLIAM WORTHINGTON, Dorchester. 

SAMUEL WARD, Roxbury. 

AARON D. WILLIAMS, Roxbury. 

PROFESSOR OF BOTAITK' AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY. 

MALTHUS A. WARD, M. D. 

PROFESSOR OF ENTOMOLOGY. 

T. W. HARRIS, M. D. 

PROFESSOR OF HORTICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. 

J. W. WEBSTER, M. D. 



STANDING COMMITTEES 



COTJNCIIi. 



I. 

ON FRUIT TREES, FRUITS, &C. 

To have charge of whatever relates to the 
multipUcation of fruit trees and vines, by seed, 
scions, buds, layers, suckers, or other modes; 
the introduction of new varieties ; the various 
methods of pruning and training them, and 
whatever relates to their culture, and that of all 
other fruits ; the recommendation of objects for 
premiums, and the awarding of them. 

ELIAS PHINNEY, Chairman. 
SAMUEL DOWNER, 
OLIVER FISKE, 
ROBERT MANNING, 
CHARLES SENIOR. 

IL 

X)N THE CULTURE AlSTD PRODUCTS OF THE KITCHEN GAHDEN. 

To have charge of whatever relates to the lo- 
cation and management of Kitchen Gardens ; the 
cultivation of all plants appertaining thereto ; 
the introduction of new varieties of esculent, me- 



12 STANDING COMMITTEES. 

dicinal, and all such vegetables as are useful in 
the arts, or are subservient to other branches of 
national industry; the structure and manage- 
ment of hot-beds ; the recommendation of objects 
for premiums, and the awarding of them. 

JACOB TIDD, Chairman. 
SAMUEL WARD, 
AARON D. WILLIAMS, 
JOHN B. RUSSELL. 

Ilf. 

Oir ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, FLOWERS, AND GREEN-HOUSES. 

To have charge of whatever relates to the 
culture, multiplication, and preservation of orna- 
mental trees and shrubs, and flowers of all kinds ; 
the construction and management of green 
houses, the recommendation of objects for pre- 
miums, and the awarding of them. 

ROBERT L. EMMONS, Chairman. 
JONATHAN WIN SHIP, 
JOSEPH G. JOY, 
WILLIAM CARTER. 

IV. 

ON THE LIBRARY. 

To have charge of all books, drawings, and 
engravings, and to recommend from time to 
time such as it may be deemed expedient to pro- 
cure ; to superintend the publication of such 
communications and papers as may be directed 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 13 

by the council; to recommend premiums for 
drawings of fruits and flowers, and plans of 
country houses, and other edifices and structures 
connected with horticulture ; and for communi- 
cations on any subject in relation thereto. 

H. A. S. DEARBORN, Chairman. 
JOHN C. GRAY, 
JACOB BIGELOW, 
T. W. HARRIS. 



COMMITTEE ON THE SYNONYMES OF FRUITS. 

At a meeting of the Society, June 20, the 
following gentlemen were chosen a Committee 
to facilitate an interchange of fruits with the 
Philadelphia, New York, and Albany Horticul- 
tural Societies, and others, for the purpose of 
establishing their synonymes. 

JOHN LOWELL, Chairman. 
SAMUEL G. PERKINS, 
SAMUEL DOWNER. 



ACT OF INCORPORATION. 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

IN THE VEAR OF OCR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND 

TWENTY-NINE. 

An Act to incorporate the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and 
House of Representatives in General Court as- 
sembled, and by the authority of the same, That 
Zebedee Cook, Jr., Robert L. Emmons, Wil- 
liam WORTHINGTON, B. V. FrENCH, JoHN B. 

Russell, J. R. Newell, Cheever Newhall, 
and Thomas G. Fessenden, their Associates and 
Successors, be and they hereby are incorporated 
under the name and by the description of the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, for the 
purpose of encouraging and improving the 
science and practice of Horticulture, and pro- 
moting the amelioration of the various species 
of trees, fruits, plants, and vegetables, and the 
introduction of new species and varieties ; w^ith 
power to make by-laws not inconsistent with 
the Laws of the Commonwealth, for the regula- 
tion of said Society, and the management of the 
same and of its concerns ; to receive donations, 
bequests and devises for promoting the objects 



ACT OP INCORPOKATION. 15 

of said Society ; to lay and collect assessments 
on the Members, not exceeding two dollars per 
annum ; to enforce the payment of such assess- 
ments by action for the same ; to purchase and 
hold real estate to the amount of ten thousand 
dollars, and personal estate to the amount of 
twenty thousand dollars ; to elect a Treasurer, 
Secretary, and other officers — the appointment 
of which shall be provided for in the by-laws of 
said Society ; the meeting for the election of 
such officers to be called at the times and in the 
manner provided in such by-laws ; to empower 
the President, Directors, Comptrollers, Treas- 
urer, Committees, or other Officers or Members, 
or any Attorneys, Agents, or Representatives of 
said Society, to transact the business, manage and 
apply the funds, discharge the functions, and 
promote the objects thereof; to authorise any of 
the Members or Officers of said Society to ffil 
vacancies in the various offices of the same that 
may happen in the intervals between the meet- 
ings of the Members for choosing Officers ; and 
to commence and defend suits. 

Section 2. Be it further enacted, That in 
case the said Corporation shall at any time con- 
tract debts beyond their means and ability to 
pay at the time of contracting the same, the 
Officers or other Agents of said Corporation so 
contracting such debts shall be personally hable 
for the same. 



16 ACT OF INCORPORATION. 

Section 3. Be it further enacted, That any 
Member of said Corporation may cease to be a 
Member thereof, by giving notice to that effect 
to the President, Treasurer, Secretary, or other 
Officers, and paying the amount due from him to 
the Society. 

Section 4. Be it further enacted. That the 
first meeting of the Members of said Corpora- 
tion may be called by any two or more of the 
persons named in the first section, by giving one 
week's notice, or more, by advertisement in any 
newspaper printed in Boston. 

Section 5. Be it further enacted, That this 
Act may be altered or repealed at the discretion 
of the Legislature. 

In House of Representatives, June 12, 1829. 
Passed to be enacted. 

WM. B. CALHOUN, Speaker. 

In Senate, June 12, 1829. 
Passed to be enacted, 

SAMUEL LATHROP, PresidenL 



June 12th, 1829. 
Approved, 

LEVI LINCOLN. 



A true Copy of the Original Act. 

Attest, EDWARD D. BANGS, Sec'y of the CommHth. 



COIVSTITUTION 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL. SOCIETY. 



SECTION I. 
The Officers of the Society. 

The officers of this Society shall consist of 
one President, not less than two Vice Presidents, 
a Treasurer, a Corresponding Secretary, and a 
Recording Secretary, and Council, who shall be 
elected annually, and shall hold their offices for 
one year, and until others are installed in their 
places. 

SECTION II. 
The President. 

The business of the President shall be to pre- 
side in all the meetings of the Society, to keep 
order, to state the business lying before the So- 
ciety ; to state and put questions which shall 
have been moved and seconded, and in case of 
an equal division on any question, to give the 
3 



1 S CONSTITUTION. 

casting vote ; to call for accounts and reports 
from all committees ; to call all extra meetings 
of the Society, when requested so to do, by any 
five of its members ; and generally to execute, 
or superintend the execution of such by-laws and 
regulations, as the Society shall from time to 
time enact or adopt. 

SECTION III. 
TTie Vice Presidents. 

In case of the absence of the President from 
any of the meetings of the Society, it shall be the 
duty of the senior Vice President then present, 
to take the chair, who shall for the time, have 
and exerciso all the authority, privileges and 
power of the President ; and in case neither the 
President, or either of the Vice Presidents shall 
be present at any meeting of the Society, the 
Society shall then choose viva voce, a President 
pro tempore, who shall for the time be invested 
with all the power and authority of the President. 

SECTION IV. 
The Treasurer. 

The Treasurer shall receive for the use of 
the Society all sums of money due or payable 
thereto, and shall keep and disburse the same, 
as shall be prescribed from time to time, by the 
regulations and by-laws of the Society. 



, CONSTITUTION. 1 9 

SECTION V. 
TJie Corresponding Secretary. 

The Corresponding Secretary shall prepare 
all letters to be written in the name of the Soci- 
ety, and conduct its correspondence. He shall 
receive and read all letters and papers addressed 
to the Society, in the order in which they may 
have been received, and shall preserve or dispose 
of them in such manner as shall be prescribed by 
the By-Laws, or directed by the Society. In the 
absence of the Corresponding Secretary, the 
Recording Secretary shall perform his duties 
under the direction of the President. 

SECTION VI. 
The Recording Secretary. 

The Recording Secretary shall keep the min- 
utes of the proceedings of the Society, and shall 
regularly record the same in a book to be pro- 
vided and kept for that purpose. In the absence 
of the Recording Secretary, the Corresponding 
Secretary shall perform his duties. And in the 
absence of both secretaries, the President shall 
appoint either a Corresponding, or Recording 
Secretary, or both, pi''o tempore. 

SECTION VII. 
The Election of Officers and Members. 

All elections for Officers of this Society, shall 
be by ballot, and all the members of this Society 



20 CONSTITUTION. 

shall be elected by ballot. Candidates for ad- 
mission, shall only be proposed and balloted for 
at a stated meeting of the Society. 

SECTION VIII. 
The Discontinuance of Members, 

Whensoever any member shall, after notice, 
neglect for the space of one year, to pay his an- 
nual assessment, his connexion with the Society 
shall cease ; and any member may, at any time, 
withdraw from the Society, on notice given to 
the Secretary, but he shall be responsible for the 
annual assessments, up to the period of such 
notice. 

SECTION IX. 
The Anniversary of the Society. 

The Anniversary of the Society shall be ob- 
served on the third Saturday of September in 
each year. 

SECTION X. 
The Meetings of the Society. 

The stated meetings of the Society shall be 
held on the first Saturday of March, of June, of 
September, and of December, at such time and 
place as shall be directed by the Society. And 
such number of members as shall from time to 
time be prescribed by the By-Laws, shall form a 
quorum for the transaction of business. 



CONSTITUTION. 2 1 

SECTION XI. 
Amendments to the Constitution, how made. 

This Constitution may be amended in manner 
following. Any amendment, or amendments, 
thereto may be proposed at any stated meeting 
of the Society. They shall be entered on the 
minutes, and the President shall read, or direct 
them to be read by the Secretary, and stated for 
discussion at the next stated meeting of the 
Society, and if three fourths of the members 
present, shall vote in favor of adopting them, 
they shall be recorded as part of the Constitu- 
tion. 



BY-LAWS 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ARTICLE 1. 
The Period of Elections. 

All the officers directed to be chosen by the 
Constitution of this Society, and all other officers 
which may be provided for by the By-Laws there- 
of, shall be elected at the anniversary meeting 
of the Society, on the third Saturday of Septem- 
ber in each year, and shall enter on the duties 
of their respective offices, at the stated meeting 
next ensuing that on which they were elected. 
Provided that nothing contained in this article 
shall be construed to affect the election of offi- 
cers at the adoption of the Constitution and 
organization of the Society. 

ARTICLE II. 
The JSTotice of Elections. 

At least ten days notice shall be given by the 
Recording Secretary, of every annual election, 



BY-LAWS. 23 

by publishing the same in two or more newspa- 
pers printed in this city. The notice shall spe- 
cify particularly the time and place, when and 
where the said election is to be held, and the 
different officers to be voted for. And unless 
thirteen members at least shall attend on the 
third Saturday in September, and give in their 
votes, the President or presiding officer shall 
adjourn the said election to some convenient day, 
prior to the next stated meeting of the society, 
of which adjourned election the like notice shall 
be given, as of the regular annual election, and 
the election shall then proceed, whatever may 
be the number of members present. 

ARTICLE III. 
The Mode of Balloting. 

The names of the persons voted for, to fill the 
offices established by the Constitution, shall be 
contained on the same ballot, and the office for 
which they are respectively intended, shall be 
distinctly designated. The names of the persons 
voted for, to fill the other offices which may from 
time to time be instituted or provided for by the 
By-Laws, shall be contained on another ballot. 
As soon as the poll shall be closed, the President 
or presiding officer, shall appoint two of the 
members present to examine the ballots, who 
shall report aloud to the President the number of 
votes given, and the President shall thereupon 



24 BV-LAVVS. 



declare the persons elected, to the respective 
offices, by a majority of the votes given. 

ARTICLE IV. 
The Method of filling Vacancies. 

When ' any vacancy shall happen, either by 
death or resignation, in any of the offices estab- 
lished by the Constitution or By-Laws of the So- 
ciety, it shall be filled at the next stated meeting 
of the Society, after the vacancy shall have hap- 
pened, unless the election shall be postponed to 
a subsequent day, by a majority of the members 
then present, and the election shall be conduct- 
ed as nearly as may be, after the manner herein 
prescribed for the annual election of officers. 



ARTICLE V. 

The Duties of the Treasurer. 

The Treasurer shall demand and collect all 
moneys due to the Society, and shall keep regu- 
lar accounts of all sums received and disbursed 
by him. Every sum of money exceeding ten 
dollars shall be paid by order of the Council. 
The accounts of the Treasurer shall be audited 
annually, at least one week previous to the anni- 
versary meeting of the Society, by a Committee 
consisting of three members, to be appointed 
by the Council, and of the President and Secre- 
tary, who shall be members ex officio. The 



BY-LAWS. 25 

said committee shall report at the anniversary 
meeting, the balance in the Treasurer's hands, 
and the general state of the funds of the 
Society. 

ARTICLE VI. 
The Duties of the Corresponding Secretary. 

It shall be the duty of the Corresponding 
Secretary, and of the Recording Secretary, to 
attend at all the meetings of the society, and the 
Corresponding Secretary shall attend the meet- 
ings of the Council. He shall keep minutes of 
their proceedings, and record the same as they 
may direct. The Recording Secretary shall 
keep and record the minutes of the Society, as 
directed by the Constitution. He shall prepare 
and give notice of all the meetings of the So- 
ciety, and shall superintend the printing of its 
transactions under the direction of the Council. 

ARTICLE VII. 
The Council. 

The Council to consist of not less than tvt^en- 
ty four members. The President and all the 
officers of the Society, shall be ex officio mem- 
bers of the Council, and five members shall be 
a quorum for the transaction of business. 

ARTICLE VIII. 
The Presiding Officer of the Council. 

The President or senior Vice President 
present, and in case neither the President nor 



26 BY-LAWS, 

either of the Vice Presidents shall attend, then 
the senior member present shall preside at the 
meetings of the Council. 

ARTICLE IX. 
The Time and Place of Meeting of the Council. 

The Council may convene at such times and 
places as it may deem expedient, and the Presi- 
dent or presiding officer of the Society, shall 
have power to convene meetings of the Council 
at his discretion, and the Corresponding Sec- 
retary shall give due notice of every meeting 
directed to be convened. 

ARTICLE X. 
The Order of Business in the Council. 

The chairman shall determine the order in 
which the business before the Council shall be 
taken into consideration, and all questions which 
shall be considered, shall be decided by a ma- 
jority of votes, the chairman giving the casting 
vote in case of an equal division. 

ARTICLE XI. 
The Council May Establish By-Laws for its Government. 

The Council shall have power, as occasion 
may require, to make and establish such By- 
Laws and regulations, not repugnant to the Con- 
stitution of this Society, as shall be deemed 



BY-LAWS. 27 

useful and necessary for the government thereof. 
Such By-Laws and regulations shall be subject, 
however, to be altered, modified, or repealed by 
the Society at its stated meetings, two thirds of 
the members present concurring in such altera- 
tions, modification, or repeal ; and any of the 
By-Laws of this Society may in like manner be 
altered, modified, or repealed by the votes of 
two thirds of the members present at any stated 
meeting. 

ARTICLE XII. 
The Disposition of Papers and Communications. 

All papers or communications directed or sent 
to the society, shall be referred to the particular 
consideration of the Council, who may direct 
the same to be published in the transactions of 
the Society, or otherwise disposed of. 

ARTICLE XIII. 
The Objects and Distribution of Rewards. 

The Council may annually in its discretion, 
direct rewards to be given to such members as 
may in the opinion of the Council, have essen- 
tially advanced the objects of the Society, 
either by frequent communications thereto, which 
shall have been deemed worthy of publication 
in its transactions, or by having made impor- 
tant additions to the science of horticulture, or 
who by diligence and exertions in the service 



2S BY-LAWS. 

of the Society, shall have merited distinction ; 
and may also award premiums to the members 
of the Society, of such value, in such manner, 
and under such regulations as may be deemed 
proper and expedient, either for the invention 
or discovery of any new matter in horticulture, 
or some important improvement therein; or 
for the exhibition to the Society, of any fruits, 
vegetables, or plants of their growth or cultiva- 
tion, and either new in their kind, or of uncom- 
mon excellence as to quality ; or for any new 
and successful method of cultivating any kind 
of esculent vegetables, fruits, ornamental flowers, 
or ornamental shrubs, or trees, or any other 
subjects connected with horticulture. Provided 
that seeds, cuttings, scions, or plants, as the 
case may be, or the fruit, vegetables or plants 
shall have been given to the Society for distribu- 
tion, and the fruit, vegetables, or plants have 
been exhibited at some one of the meetings 
of the Society. 

ARTICLE XIV. 
The Manner of Presenting Rewards. 

If at any time, rewards or premiums shall be 
awarded by the council, they shall be presented 
and given to the persons entitled thereto, or to 
their representatives, by the President or presiding 
officer of the Society, at its next stated meeting. 
The names of all persons to whom rewards or 
premiums shall have been awarded, in the course 



BY-LAWS. 29 

of the year, shall be duly recorded, and such 
publicity given thereto as the Council shall 
direct. 

ARTICLE XV. 
The Council to Recommend the Persons for Officers. 

It shall be the duty of the Council, at the 
stated meeting preceding every anniversary 
election, to lay before the President and the 
Society, a list of the persons whom they recom- 
mend to be elected as President, Vice Presidents, 
Treasurer, and Secretaries of the Society, and 
another list containing the names of those whom 
they recommend to be elected members of the 
Council, and to fill the other offices provided 
for by the By-Laws, and shall cause a sufficient 
number of each list to be printed and furnished 
at the anniversary election for the use of the 
members. 

ARTICLE XVI. 
Each Member entitled to a Copy of the Charter, Constitution and 
By-Laws. 

Every member, at the time of his admission, 
shall be presented, by the Recording Secretary, 
with a printed copy of the Charter, Constitu- 
tion and By-Laws of the Society. 

ARTICLE XVII. 
The Mode of Admitting Members. 

Every candidate for admission into the Socie- 
ty, shall be proposed and recommended at a 



30 BY-LAWS. 

stated meeting of the Society by at least two 
of its members, and shall be balloted for at 
the time proposed, or at some subsequent stated 
meeting. 

ARTICLE XVIII. 
The Fee of Admission. 

Each member before he receives his certifi- 
cate or takes his seat, shall pay the sum of five 
dollars. 

ARTICLE XIX. 
The Annual Contribution. 

The Annual Contribution shall be payable at 
the time of his election; but any member of 
the Society may at any time compound for his 
future contribution, by the payment of thirty 
Dollars. 

ARTICLE XX. 
The Consequences of not Paying Contributions. 

No member of the Society shall be entitled 
to receive any pubHcation of the society, or to 
vote at any election or meeting of the society, 
or be eligible to any office therein, who has for 
more than twelve months, omitted to pay his 
annual contribution. And if his contribution 
shall at any time be in arrears for more than one 
year, he may be ejected from the society, by 
the votes of two thirds of the members present, 
at any stated meeting. 



BY-LAWS. 31 

ARTICLE XXI. 
The Admission of Every Member to be Recorded. 

The election and admission of every member, 
with the time thereof, shall be recorded. 

ARTICLE XXII. 
A Quorum for Business. 

Six members exclusive of the President or 
presiding officer, shall be a quorum for the trans- 
action of business. 

ARTICLE XXIII. 
Honorary and Corresponding Members. 

There shall be two classes of members, ex- 
clusive of ordinary members, to wit, honorary 
members, and corresponding members. 

ARTICLE XXIV. 
TVho may be Honorary Members. 

Honorary members shall be eminent persons, 
distinguished either in this or other countries, 
for their attainments in the science of horticul- 
ture. They shall be proposed only by the Coun- 
cil, at a stated meeting of the Society, and 
elected at that or a subsequent stated meeting, 
by the votes of two thirds of the members 
present. 



32 B^-LAWS. 

ARTICLE XXV. 
The Rights of Honorary Members. 

Honorary members shall be exempt from the 
payment of fees or contributions. They shall 
not be entitled to vote at any election or meet- 
ing of the Society, nor be eligible to any office 
therein, but shall have the privilege of attend- 
ing all meetings thereof. 

ARTICLE XXVI. 
Who may he Corresponding Merflbera. 

The Corresponding members of the Society 
shall be citizens of the United States of Amer- 
ica, or any other country, distinguished for their 
practical skill and knowledge in the science of 
horticulture. The President or Secretary of 
the Society shall hold a correspondence on sub- 
jects relating to horticulture, with such of them 
as shall be deemed convenient or expedient. 

ARTICLE XXVII: 
Expenses of Corresponding Memlers to be Paid. 

All the expenses incurred by any correspond- 
ing member, in promoting, under the direction 
of the President or Secretary, the object of this 
Society, as well as any remuneration for per- 
sonal trouble, shall be paid out of the funds 
of the society, under the direction of the Coun- 
cil. 



BY-LAWS. 33 

ARTICLE XXVUI. 
The Rights of Corresponding Members. 

The corresponding members shall not be 
subject to the payment of fees or contributions, 
nor be entitled to any of the privileges of mem- 
bers, except that of attending the meetings of 
the society, and may receive such rewards and 
honors as the Council may deem expedient to 
bestow, in consideration of meritorious services. 
They shall be proposed and elected in like man- 
ner as honorary members. 

ARTICLE XXTX. 

Honorary and Corresponding Members to be Furnished with 
Diplomas. 

There shall be transmitted to each honorary 
member, and to each corresponding member, as 
soon as may be after his election, a diploma or 
certificate of his election, under the seal of the 
Society, signed by the President, and counter- 
signed by the Secretary. 

ARTICLE XXX, 
Practical Gardeners may be admitted as Members. 

Any person exercising the trade or profession 
of a gardener, who shall have received any re- 
ward from the Society, or who shall have com- 
municated a paper, which shall have been read, 
at a general meeting of the Society, and which 



34 BY-LAWS. 

shall be deemed worthy of publication, or who 
may be recommended by the Council, may be 
admitted a member of the Society, and shall be 
entitled to all the privileges and benefits of a 
member, upon the payment of two dollars for 
his admission fee, and one dollar in each year 
for his contribution, instead of the fee and an- 
nual contribution, named in the eighteenth and 
nineteenth sections. 

ARTICLE XXXI. 

Lecturers on Botany and Vegetable Physiology, Entomology and 
Chemistry, 

Lecturers on botany and vegetable physiology, 
on entomology, so far as it relates to horticulture, 
and on horticultural chemistry, shall be ap- 
pointed. They shall be nominated by the coun- 
cil at a stated meeting of the Society, and elect- 
ed at that, or a subsequent stated meeting, by 
a majority of votes. 



REPORTS 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



ON FRUIT TREES AND FRUITS. 

The Committee who have in charge what- 
ever relates to the multipHcation of Fruit Trees, 
Fruit, ^c. — the recommending of objects for 
premiums, and the awarding of them, have 
attended to that duty, and submit the following 
report. 

FIRST — ON NURSERIES. 

For the best nursery of Apple Trees 
of the most approved kinds of fruit, 
not less than one thousand in num- 
ber, and not less than two years 
old from the budding or grafting, !^10 00 

For the best nursery of Pear Trees 
of the most rare and approved 
varieties, not less than one thou- 
sand in number, and not less than 
two years old from the budding or 
engrafting, a premium of - - 10 00 



36 REPORTS. 

For the best nursery of Peach Trees 
of the greatest variety of the best 
kinds, not less than two thousand 
in number, a premium of - - ;^10 00 

For the best nursery of Cherry Trees, 
not less than five hundred, and not 
less than two years old, and of the 
best kinds, a premium of - - 5 00 

For the best nursery of Plum and 
Apricot Trees of approved varie- 
ties, not less than three hundred in 
number, a premium of - - 6 00 

SECOND — ON FRUITS. 

For the best Apples, not less than 

two dozen, a premium of - - 4 00 
For the best Pears, not less than one 

dozen, a premium of - - - 4 00 
For the best Peaches, not less than 

one dozen, a premium of - - 4 00 
For the best Plums, not less than one 

dozen, a premium of - - - 3 00 
For the best Apricots, not less than 

one dozen, a premium of - - 3 00 
For the best foreign Grapes, not less 

than three bunches, a premium of - 3 00 
For the best native Grapes, not less 

than six bunches, a premium of - 3 00 
For the best Gooseberries, not less 

than one quart, a premium of - 2 00 



REPOKTS. 37 

For the best Strawberries, not less 
than one quart, a premium of - ;S2 00 

THIRD — ON THE CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT 
TREES, AND "THE DISEASES INCIDENT TO THEM. 

To the person who shall offer to the 
Society at their annual meeting 
in September, the best treatise, in 
manuscript, on the cultivation and 
management of fruit trees, a pre- 
mium of - - - - - 6 00 

To the person who shall offer to the 
Society, at their annual meeting in 
September, the best treatise, in man- 
uscript, on any one, or more, of the 
insects that attack fruit trees, with 
the best method of preventing or 
destroying the same, a premium of - 5 00 

To the person who shall offer to the 
Society, at their annual meeting in 
September, the best treatise, in 
manuscript, on any one, or more, of 
the diseases to which fruit trees are 
liable, with the best method of pre- 
venting the same, a premium of - 6 00 

FOURTH — NEW VARIETIES. 

To the person who shall introduce 
and propagate the greatest number 
of the new and most approved vari- 
eties of fruit trees, a premium of - 10 00 



38 REPORTS. 

The times and places for exhibiting the vari- 
ous kinds of fruit, to be fixed by the Committee 
and pubHshed. 

Discretionary premiums to be awarded on 
fruits presented by members, or others, when 
rare and of excellent sorts. 

All which is respectfully submitted, by order 
of the Committee. 

E. PHINNEY, Chairman. 



NO. II. 
ON KITCHEN GARDENS. 

The Standing Committee of the Massachu- 
setts Horticultural Society, on the Culture and 
Products of the Kitchen Garden, consisting of 
Jacob Tidd, Samuel Ward, Aaron D. Wil- 
liams, and John B. Russell, have attended 
to that duty, and submit the following list of 
premiums. 

Asparagus, 50 in a bunch, earliest and 

best in open ground, - - - ;$f2 00 
Cucumbers, best pair, on or before the 

4th of July, in open ground, - - 2 00 
Cabbages, Early, the best 4 heads, - 2 00 
Carrots, twelve roots, the earliest and 

best, ------ 2 00 

Beets, twelve roots of the earliest and 

best, by 4th of July, - - - 2 00 



REPORTS. 39 

Potatoes, early, one peck, the best, by 
the 4th of July, - - - - ^ 00 

Potatoes, for winter, not less than twenty 
bushels, having regard to their pro- 
ductiveness, as well as quality, - 4 00 

Celery, six plants, earliest and best, - 4 00 

Beans, Large, Lima, 2 quarts, shelled, 2 00 

Beans, the earliest and best, 2 quarts, - 1 00 

Beans, the earliest and best, dwarf shell, 

2 quarts, - - - - - 1 00 

Lettuce, four heads, the finest and 

heaviest of the season, - - - 1 00 

Cauliflowers, 4 heads, finest and heaviest 

of the season, - - - - 1 00 

Broccoli, 4 heads, do. do. 2 00 

Squashes, Winter Crook Neck, the 

largest and best pair, - - - 1 00 

Peas, one peck, the earliest and best by 

the first Monday of June, - - 1 00 

Savoy Cabbages, six heads, best in the 

season, 2 00 

Melons, Water, the largest and best 
pair, ------ 

Melons, Musk, the finest pair in the 
season, ----- 

Indian Corn, for boiling, 12 ears, hav- 
ing regard to the size of the ears, their 
earliness, and the quality of the corn, 1 00 



1 00 
1 00 



40 REPORTS. 



The Committee attend, generally, every Sat- 
urday, at the Society's Hall, No. 52 North Mar- 
ket Street, for the examination of any articles 
that may be left for examination or premiums. 
Per order, J. TIDD, Chairman. 



KO. iir. 

ON ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS AND FLOWERS. 

The Standing Committee on Ornamental 
Trees, Shrubs, Flowers, and Green-Houses, beg 
leave respectfully to report the following sub- 
jects for premiums, viz. 

For the most successful cultivation of 
the American Holly ; the number of 
trees, not less than four, which have 
been transplanted at least three years, ;^10 00 

For the four best flowering plants of 
the Magnolia Glauca, which have 
been transplanted at least three years, 10 CO 

For the most successful cultivation of 
the Rhododendron Maximum, the 
number of plants not less than four, 
which have been transplanted three 
years, - - - - - 5 00 

For the five best plants of the Kalmia 
Latifolia, which have been trans- 
planted not less than three years, - 2 00 



REPORTS. 41 

For the best seedling plants of either 
of the above, not less than ten in 
number, of three years growth, and 
upwards, - - - - - ^^5 00 

For the best specimens of Chinese 
Chrysanthemums, not less than five 
varieties, - - - - - 3 00 

For the best half dozen of Tulips, - 2 00 
do. do. Hyacinths. 2 00 

do. do. Ranunculus, 2 00 

For the best pot of Auriculas, - - 2 00 
do. do. Anemonies, - 2 00 

do. do. Pinks, - - 2 00 

do. do. Carnations, - 2 00 

For the best half dozen cultivated 

native Flowers, - - - - 2 00 

For the finest Roses, not less than five 

varieties, - - - - - 4 00 

For the best bunch of double and single 

Dahlias, 2 00 

For the greatest number and finest 
kinds of the Camellia Japonica, - 3 00 
Discretionary premiums to be awarded on 

plants, or flowers, not enumerated above, but 

no premiums will be awarded until the year 

1 830. Of the times when, and the places where, 

due notice will be given by the Committee. 
In the selection of objects for premiums, your 

Committee have had chiefly in view, the intro- 
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42 REPORTS. 

duction into our gardens of some of those in- 
digenous shrubs, whose rare beauty (in their 
opinion) deserve, and which they confidently 
hope will obtain the notice of the Society. 
They have no doubt that our own country is 
rich in ornamental trees and shrubs, which if 
more generally known and cultivated, would be 
as generally admired and appreciated ; and they 
cannot but regret, that while so much labor and 
care have been bestowed upon exotics inferior 
in beauty, our native plants have literally been 
left "to waste their fragrance on the desert air." 
Feeling confident that many if not all the indi- 
genous shrubs abounding in our vicinity, may be 
naturalized to an upland soil, and even improved 
by cultivation, they have been induced to offer 
premiums for such as they think will well re- 
pay the labor of cultivation. All which is re- 
spectfully submitted, by order of the Committee. 
R. L. EMMONS, Chairman. 



Note. None but the members of the Society 
are entitled to the premiums offered in the re- 
ports of the three Committees. 



The Committees No. 1 and 2, meet at the Society's Hall, No. 52, 
North Market Street, every Saturday, generally, for the examination of 
any articles that may be left for premium, or exhibition. 



MEMBERS 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICUIiTUBAL SOCIETY. 



ASPINWALL, AUGUSTUS, Brookline. 
ADAMSON, JOHN, Roxbury. 
AMES, JOHN W. Bedham. 
ANDREWS, JOHN H., Salem. 
ANDREWS, EBENEZER T., Boston. 
ANTHONY, JAMES, Providence. 



B 



BARTLETT, ENOCH, Roxbury. 
BRIDGE, NATHAN, Charlestoum. 
BREWER, THOMAS, Roxbury. 
BRIMMER, GEORGE W., Boston. 
BRADLEE, JOSEPH P., 
BREED, EBENEZER, " 

BUSSEY, BENJAMIN, 
BREED, HENRY A., Lynn. 
BIGELOW, JACOB, Boston. 
BALDWIN, ENOCH, Dorchester. 
BREED, JOHN, Charlestown. 
BREED, ANDREW, Lynn. 
BAILEY, KENDALL, Charlestown. 
BROWN, JAMES, Cambridge. 
BARTLETT, EDMUND, JVewburyport. 
BUCKMINSTER, LAWSON, Framingham. 
BUCKMINSTER, EDWARD F., « 
BRECK, JOSEPH, Pepperell. 



44 MEMBERS. 



COOK, ZEBEDEE, Jr., Dorchester. 
CODMAN, JOHN, 
CUNNINGHAM, J. A., 
CLAPP, NATHANIEL, 
COOLIDGE, JOSEPH, Boston. 
CORDIS, THOMAS, " 

COPELAND, B. F., Roxhury. 
COGSWELL, J. G., JVorthampton. 
CARTER, WILLIAM, Cambridge. 
CHAMPNEY, JOHN, Roxbury. 
COWING, CORNELIUS, « ' 
CHANDLER, DANIEL, Lexington. 
CAPEN, LEMUEL, South Boston. 
CHASE, HEZEKIAH, Lynn. 
COLMAN, HENRY, Salem. 
CARNES, NATHANIEL G., JVew York. 
CURTIS, EDWARD, Peperell. 
CHANDLER, SAMUEL, Lexington. 
CAPEN, AARON, Dorchester. 
CROWNINSHIELD, BENJ. W., Salem. 



D 



DEARBORN, H. A. S., Roxbury. 

DAVIS, ISAAC, 

DOWNER, SAMUEL, Dorchester. 

DICKSON, JAMES A., « 

DOWSE, THOMAS, Cambridgeport. 

DUDLEY, DAVID, Roxbury. 

DOGGETT, JOHN, Boston. 

DREW, DANIEL, 

DAVENPORT, NATHANIEL, Mlton. 

DAVIS, CHARLES, Roxbury. 

DORR, NATHANIEL, « 

DEARBORN, HENRY, « 

DODGE, PICKERING, Salem. 

DEAN, WILLIAM, 

DERBY, E. H., 

DODGE, PICKERING, Jr., Salem. 



MEMBERS, 45 



E 



EMMONS, ROBERT L., Boston. 
EVERETT, EDWARD, Charlestown. 
EUSTIS, JAMES, South Reading. 
EDWARDS, ELISHA, Springfield. 



F 



FRENCH, BENJAMIN V., Boston. 
FESSENDEN, THOMAS G., « 
FROTHINGHAM, SAMUEL, « 
FORRESTER, JOHN, Salem, 
FISKE, OLIVER, Worcester. 
FOSDICK, DAVID, Charlestown. 



G 



GRAY, JOHN C, Boston. 
GREENLEAF, THOMAS, Quincy. 
GOURGAS, J. M., Weston. 
GREEN, CHARLES W„ Roxhury. 
GORE, WATSON, 
GREENOUGH, DAVID S., " 
GANNETT, T. B., Cambridge. 
GARDNER, W. F., Salem. 
GARDNER, JOSHUA, Dorchester. 
GOODALE, EPHRAIM, Bucksport. 
GOODWIN, THOMAS J., Charlestown. 



H 



HARRIS, SAMUEL D., Roxbury. 
HUNTINGTON, JOSEPH, « 
HASKINS, RALPH, 
HUNTINGTON, RALPH, Boston. 
HEARD, Jr., JOHN, 
HILL, JEREMIAH, " 

HOLLINGSWORTH, MARK, Miltoii. 
HARRIS, WILLIAM T., 
HOLBROOK, AMOS, 
HARRIS, THADDEUS M., Dorchester. 
HOWE, RUFUS, 
HAYDEN, JOHN, Brookline. 



46 MEMBERS. 

HOWES, FREDERICK, Sale7n. 
HAGERSTON, DAVID, Charlestoivn . 
HUNT, EBENEZER, A''orlhampton. 
HOWLAND, JOHN, Jr., JVew Bedford. 

I 

IVES, JOHN M., Salem. 



JAQUES, SAMUEL, Jr., Cfharlestown. 
JOHNSON, SAMUEL R., 
JACKSON, PATRICK T., Boston. 
JOY, JOSEPH G., 
JONES, THOMAS K., 
JACKSON, JAMES, " 

JOHONNOT, GEORGE S., Salem. 
JACKSON, WILLIAM, Plymouth. 

K 

KENRICK, WILLIAM, JVewton. 



LINCOLN, LEVI, Worcester. 
LINCOLN, WILLIAM, " 
LOWELL, JOHN, Roxhury. 
LEE, THOMAS, Jr., " 
LEWIS, HENRY, « 

LEMIST, JOHN, 

LYMAN, THEODORE, Jr., Boston. 
LOWELL, JOHN A., 
LAWRENCE, ABBOTT, " 

LYMAN, GEORGE, " 

LAWRENCE, CH.\RLES, Salem. 
LITTLE, HENRY, Bucksporf, Maine. 
LELAND, DANIEL, Sherburne. 
LELAND, J. P., 

M 

MANNING, ROBERT, Salem. 
MANNERS, GEORGE. Boston. 
MINNS, THOMAS, 



MEMBERS. 47 



MORRILL, AMBROSE, Lexington. 
MUNROE, JONAS, 

N 

NEWHALL, CHEEVER, Dorchester. 
NICHOLS, OTIS, 
NUTTALL, THOMAS, Camiridge. 
NEWELL, JOSEPH R., Boston. 
NEWHALL, JOSIAH, Lynnfield. 
NEWMAN, HENRY, Roxhury. 
NICHOLSON, HENRY, Brookline, 

o 

OTIS, HARRISON G., Boston. 
OLIVER, FRANCIS J., " 



PERKINS, THOMAS H., Boston. 
PERKINS, SAMUEL G., 
PARSONS, THEOPHILUS, 
PUTNAM, JESSE, 
PRATT, GEORGE W., 
PRESCOTT, WILLIAM, 
PENNIMAN, ELISHA, Brookline. 
PARSONS, GORHAM, Brighton. 
PETTEE, OTIS, JSTewton. 
PRINCE, JOHN, Roxlury. 
PHINNEY, ELIAS, Lexington. 
PRINCE, JOHN, Jr., Salem. 
PICKMAN, BENJ. T., " 
PEABODY, FRANCIS, « 
PENNIMAN, JAMES, Dorchester. 
POOR, BENJAMIN, JVew York. 
PERRY, Rev. G. B., Bradford. 
PERRY, JOHN, Sherburne. 
POND, SAMUEL, Cambridge. 

R 

RUSSELL, JOHN B., Boston. 
ROBBINS, E. H., Jr., 
ROLLINS, WILLIAM, " 
RICE, JOHN P., 
RICE, HENRY, 



48 MEMBERS. 

RUSSELL, J. W., Roxbury. 

RUD, JAMES, 

ROBBINS, P. G.. 

ROWE, JOSEPH, Milton. 

ROGERS, R. S., Salem. 

RODMAN, BENJAMIN, JVew Bedford. 

ROTCH, FRANCIS, 

ROTCH, WILLIAM, 

s 

SHURTLEFF, BENJAMIN, Boston. 

SEARS, DAVID, 

STEVENS, ISAAC, « 

SILSBY, ENOCH, 

STORER, D. HUMPHREYS, « 

SULLIVAN, RICHARD, Brookline. 

SEAVER, NATHANIEL, Roxbury. 

SENIOR, CHARLES, 

SUMNER, WILLIAM H., Dorchester. 

SWETT, JOHN, 

SHARP, EDWARD, 

SMITH, CYRUS, Sandwich. 

SUTTON, WILLIAM, Jr., JDanvers. 

STORY, F. H., Salem. 

STRONG, JOSEPH, Jr.", South Hadley. 

STEARNS, CHARLES, Springfield. 



TAPPAN, CHARLES, Brookline. 
TIDD, JACOB, Roxbury. 
THOMPSON, GEORGE, Medford. 
TRAIN, SAMUEL, 
TIIORNDIKE, ISRAEL Jr., Boston. 
TILDEN, JOSEPH, 
TUCKER, RICHARD D., 
TOOHEY, RODERICK, Waltham. 
THOMAS, BENJAMIN, Hingham. 

V 

VOSE, ELIJAH, Dorchester. 

w 

WILLIAMS, NEHEMIAH D., Roxbury. 
WILLIAMS, FRANCIS I., 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 49 

WILLIAMS, AARON D., Roxbury. 

WILLIAMS, MOSES, 

WILLIAMS L. G., 

WARD, SAMUEL, 

WELD. BENJAMIN, 

WORTHINGTON, WILLIAM, Dorchester. 

WELLES, JOHN, 

WALES, WILLIAM, 

WEBSTER, J. W., Cambridge. 

WHITE, ABIJAH, Watertown. 

WILLIAMS, SAMUEL G., BrooUine. 

WHITE, STEPHEN, Salem. 

WARD, MALTHUS A., " 

WILKINSON, SIMON, ^osfon. 

WIGHT, EBENEZER, 

WYATT, ROBERT, 

WINSHIP, JONATHAN, Brighton. 

WARREN, JONAS, Stow. 

WILDER, S. V. S., Bolton. 

WALDO, DANIEL, Worcester. 

WYETH, NATHANIEL J., Jr., Cambridge. 

WEST, THOMAS, Haverhill. 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 



ADAMS, Hon. JOHN QUINCY, late President of the U. S. 

AITON, WILLIAM TOWNSEND, Curator of the Royal Gar- 
dens, Kew. 

ABBOTT, JOHN, Esq., Brunswick, Me. 

BUEL, J., Esq., President of the Albany Horticultural Society. 

BODIN, Le Chevalier SOULANGE, Secretaire- General de la 
Societe D^ Horticulture de Paris. 

BANCROFT, EDWARD NATHANIEL, M. D., President of 
the Horticultural and Agricultural Society of Jamaica. 

BARCLAY, ROBERT, Esq., Great Britain. 

COXE, WILLIAM, Esq., Burlington, JV. J. 

COLLINS, ZACCHEUS, Esq. President of the Pennsylvania 
Horticultural Society, Philadelphia. 

7 



60 HONORARY MEMBERa 

COFFIN, Admiral Sir ISAAC, Great Britain. 
DICKSON, JAMES, Esq., Vice President of the London HoH. 

Society. 
DAVY, Sir HUMPHREY, London. 
DE CANDOLLE, MoNS. AUGUSTIN VYRAMUS, Professor of 

Botany in the Academy of Geneva. 
ELLIOT, Hon. STEPHEN, Charleston, S. C. 
GREIG, JOHN, Esq., Geneva, President of the Domestic Hort. 

Society of the Western Part of the State ofJVeio York. 
HERICART DE THURY,Le Vicomte, President de la Societe 

D^ Horticulture de Paris. 
HOSACK, DAVID, M. D., President of the JV. York Hort. Soc. 
HOPKIRK, THOMAS, Esq., President of the Glasgow HoH. 

Society. 
HUNT, LEWIS, Esq., Huntsburg, Ohio. 
JACKSON, ANDREW", President of the United States. 
KNIGHT, THOMAS ANDREW, Esq., President of the London 

Hort. Society. 
LOUDON, JOHN CLAUDIUS, Great Britain. 
LA FAYETTE, General, La Grange, France. 
LASTEYRIE, Le Comte de, Vice President de la Societe D^Hor- 

ticulture de Paris. 
MADISON, Hon. JAMES, late President of the U. S., Virginia. 
MONROE, Hon. JAMES, late President of the U. S., Virginia. 
MICHAUX, MoNs. F. ANDREW, Paris. 
MENTENS, LEWIS JOHN, Esq., Bruxelles. 
MITCHELL, SAMUEL L., M. D. 

MOSSELMANN, , Esq., Antwerp. 

POWEL,JOHN HARE, Powelton, Pa. 

PRINCE, WILLIAM, Esq., Long Island, JVew York. 

ROSEBERRY, ARCHIBALD JOHN, Earl of, President of 

the Caledonian Hort. Society. 
PALMER, JOHN, Esq., Calcutta. 

SABINE, JOSEPH, Esq., Secretary of the London Hort. Society. 
SHEPHARD, JOHN, Curator of the Botanic Garden, Liverpool. 
SCOTT, Sir WALTER, Scotland. 

TURNER, JOHN, Assistant Secretary of the London Hort. Soc. 
THACHER, JAMES, M. D., Plymouth, Mass. 
THORBURN, GRANT, Esq., Mw York. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 51 

VILMORIN, MoNS. PIERRE PHILLIPPE ANDRE, Paris. 
VAUGHAN, BENJAMIN, Esq., Halloioell, Maine. 
VAN MONS, JEAN BAPTISTS, M. D., Brussells. 
VAUGHAN, PETTY, Esq., London. 
WELLES, Hon. JOHN, Boston, Mass. 

WILLICK, NATHANIEL, M. D., Curator of the Botanic Gar- 
den, Calcutta. 
YATES, ASHTON, Esq., Liverpool. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 



ADLUM, JOHN, Georgetown, District of Columbia. 
ASPINWALL, Col. THOMAS, U. S. Consul, London. 
APPLETON, THOMAS, Esq., U. S. Consul, Leghorn. 
BARNETT, ISAAC COX, Esq., U. S. Consul, Paris. 
CARR, ROBERT, Esq., Mw Jersey. 
GARDINER, ROBERT H., Esq., Gardiner, Maine. 
GIBSON, ABRAHAM P., Esq., U. S. Consul, St. Petersburg. 
HALL, CHARLES HENRY, Esq., JVeiv York. 
HAY, JOHN, Architect of the Caledonian Hort. Soc. 
LANDRETH, DAVID, Esq., Philadelphia. 
LANDRETH, DAVID, Jr., Esq., Corresponding Secretary of the 

Pennsylvania Hort. Society. 
MAURY, JAMES, Esq., U. S. Consul, Liverpool. 
MILLER, JOHN, M. D., Sec'y of the Hort. andAgr. Soc, Jamaica. 
MILLS, STEPHEN, Esq., Long Island, JVew Yorlc. 
NEWHALL, HORATIO, M. D., Galena, Illinois. 
OFFLEY, DAVID, Esq., U. S. Consul, Smyrna. 
OMBROSI, JAMES, Esq. U. S. Consul, Florence. 
PARKER, JOHN W., Esq^ U. S. Consul, Amsterdam. 
PAYSON, JOHN L., Esq.. Messina. 

PRINCE, WILLIAM ROBERT, Esq., Long Island, Mw York. 
PRINCE, ALFRED STRATTON, Long Island. 
SMITH, DANIEL D., Esq., Burlington, Mw Jersey. 
.SMITH, CALEB R., Esq., JVcmj Jersey. 



NOTICE. 

05^It is one of the objects and the wish of the Massachu- 
setts Horticultural Societt, to promote and improve the 
science of Horticulture, by the introduction of the seeds of new 
varieties of culinary vegetables and ornamental plants — the trees 
and scions of superior fruits, from any parts of the world, — and the 
formation of a Library, to comprise all the standard works on Hor- 
ticulture, as well as the various periodical publications devoted to 
the subject, now published in Europe and the United States. Any 
donations of seeds, scions, roots, drawings of fruits, models of new 
implements of use in Horticulture, or donations to the Library, 
may be sent to the Society's Hall, No. 52 North Market Street, 
Boston, consigned to the care of Mr J. B. Russell, general 
Agent for the Society. — All donations of the above kind from 
other Societies, or from individuals at a distance, will be duly 
appreciated by the members, and reciprocated as far as practicable. 

In order to correct the great confusion that now prevails in the 
names of fruits, and to establish their synonymes, it is desirable 
that specimens may be sent to the Society's Hall, in their season, 
for examination ; and also specimens of all valuable sorts that may 
be considered native varieties. 



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